California Can Blame Climate Change for Fifth of Its Drought
Lake Spaulding, a reservoir created by Lake Spaulding Dam in Nevada county, California, U.S.
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California can blame about a fifth of the state’s record drought on climate change, scientists say.
Underground water supplies have been evaporating faster than they would have without the higher temperatures caused by greenhouse-gas emissions, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.